The genuine Christian must seek to be more excellent in his life than the best moralist, because Christ’s garden ought to produce the best flowers in all the world.
Recent Posts
Grace over Porn Part 1 – Receiving the Gift
These articles seek to provide a framework for walking in freedom and victory in regards to sexual purity issues. However, it’s a paradigm that applies to all of life.
Technology and the Kingdom of God Part 1: A Way of Seeing
As Christians, we should be careful not to fall into the trap of the technological gospel, which says that we can invent our way to immortal life and the perfection of our environment.
Interview: Drew Shirley Talks Hope, the Tension Between Art and Commerce, and Family
Interview with Drew Shirley of Switchfoot. Conducted on Tuesday, April 15, 2020
The Complex, the Complicated, and the Simple – The System of Christian Faith
If “complicated” means too many rules, “simplistic-ness” means too few. Simplistic-ness is what you get when you try to simplify a complicated system. The issue is with the system itself. The solution is to do away with the system completely.
I Want to Be a Good Listener! – What My Daughter Taught Me About Hearing God
Obedience can feel restricting if we’re doing it for approval. God is not adding gold stars to a sticker chart when we obey. We’re not “in the club,” or good enough if we do enough good.
Life
Dwelling in the Shadow: Peace and Vision in the Pandemic
What you focus on determines the peace that you have. The peace that you have determines the storms that you can sleep through. The storms that you sleep through are the ones you have authority over.
Culture
Wokeism – The New Religion of The West
There is a new religion. It is moving like a tidal wave through every facet of western culture, shaping and redefining society as it goes.
Church
What The Daughters of Zelophehad Can Teach Modern Feminists
To find a clear Biblical expression of feminism in action, one only needs to read the book of Numbers. The 27th chapter details a story about the daughters of Zelophehad. These daughters were five sisters who challenged societal rules regarding inheritance rights. At the time, women were banned from inheriting property solely because of their gender. The daughters went to Moses to challenge the law. When Moses went to God to reaffirm inheritance rights, God sided with the daughters and granted them property.
The account beautifully demonstrates how God views the treatment of women in our society but also provides several primary lessons worth extracting.
